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placation

NOUN
appeasement
Synonyms
STRONGEST
conciliation easing moderation
STRONG
abatement accommodation adjustment alleviation amends assuagement compromise concession grant lessening mitigation mollification propitiation quelling quenching reconciliation reparation restoration settlement softening solace
WEAK
acceding blunting lulling peace offering quieting soothing tranquilization
Antonyms
STRONG
difference disagreement
WEAK
aggravation annoyance irritation provocation resistance
NOUN
conciliation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appeasement rapprochement
STRONG
propitiation resolution reunion
WEAK
reconcilement

Example Sentences

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“I had to have something to distance me and distance my heart from those verbal attacks. … Placation seemed the best route, if I was unable to escape her clutches.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2022

The Diasia was said to be the chief festival of Zeus, the central figure of the Olympians, though our authorities generally add an epithet to him, and call him Zeus Meilichios, Zeus of Placation.

From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert

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